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U.S. Crime Drama series Guide

Public Prosecutor (1947-48) / Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951-52) (DuMont) John Howard

Man Against Crime (syndicated title "Follow That Man")
(1949-54) Ralph Bellamy/ (Summer 1956) Frank Lovejoy
The Plainclothesman (DuMont)(1949-54) starring Ken Lynch

Martin Kane,Private Eye (NBC)(live/US)(1949-53)
starring William Gargan, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Tracy

The New Adventures of Martin Kane (NBC)(filmed/Europe)(1953-54)
starring Mark Stevens


Dick Tracy (1950-52) starring Ralph Byrd
Charlie Wild, Private Detective (1950-52) Kevin O'Morrison, John McQuade
The Adventures of Ellery Queen (DuMont/ABC) (1950-52) Richard Hart/ Lee Bowman
Rocky King, Inside Detective (DuMont) (1950-54) starring Roscoe Karns
Treasury Men In Action (1950-55) starring Walter Greaza
Front Page Detective (1951-52; 1953) starring Edmund Lowe
Racket Squad (1950; 1951-53) starring Reed Hadley
Boston Blackie (ZIV) (1951-53) starring Kent Taylor
Mark Saber Mystery Theatre (Roland Reed/ABC) (1951-54) starring Tom Conway
Dragnet (NBC)(1951-59) starring Jack Webb
The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952) starring Don Haggerty
Gangbusters! (1952) Crime Anthology, host Chester Morris
Hollywood Off Beat: Steve Randall (1952-53) starring Melvyn Douglas
Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952-53) starring Donald Woods
I'm The Law (1952-53) starring George Raft
Mr. and Mrs. North (1952-54) Richard Denning & Barbara Britton
Man Behind The Badge (1953-55) Police Anthology, host Charles Bickford
City Detective (Revue)(1953-56) starring Rod Cameron
Ellery Queen, Detective (TPA)(1954) starring Hugh Marlowe
Telltale Clue (CBS)(Summer 1954) starring Anthony Ross
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1954-55) starring Don Haggerty
The Lone Wolf (1954-55) starring Louis Hayward
The Line-Up (1954-60) starring Warner Anderson
Highway Patrol (ZIV)(1955-59) starring Broderick Crawford
Code 3 (Hal Roach Studios)(1956-57) starring Richard Travis
N.O.P.D. (1956-57) starring Stacy Harris & Lous Sirgo
Sheriff of Cochise (1956-58)/ U.S.Marshal (Desilu)(1958-60)
starring John Bromfield
Decoy (1957-58) starring Beverly Garland
Harbor Command (ZIV)(1957-58) starring Wendell Corey
Harbourmaster/Advs.at Scott Island (ZIV)(1957-58)
starring Barry Sullivan & Paul Burke
Meet McGraw (1957-58) starring Frank Lovejoy
Official Detective (Desilu/NTA/Synd.)(1957-58) Crime Anthology host Everett Sloane
The Walter Winchell File (Desilu/Synd.)(1957-59) Crime Anthology host Walter Winchell
State Trooper (Revue)(1957-59) starring Rod Cameron
The Thin Man (1957-59) starring Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk
M-Squad (Revue)(1957-60) starring Lee Marvin
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (4 Star)(1957-60) starring David Janssen
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (NBC)(1958-59) George Nader/ Lee Philips
Grand Jury (Desilu/NTA) (1958-60) starring Lyle Bettger & Harold J. Stone
The Man with a Camera (1958-60) starring Charles Bronson
Peter Gunn (Spartan/Official)(1958-61) starring Craig Stevens
Naked City (1958-63) Paul Burke, Horace McMahon

77 Sunset Strip (WB)(1958-64)
starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Roger Smith, Edward Byrnes

Special Agent 7 (Revue)(1958-59) starring Lloyd Nolan
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (Revue)(1958-59)  Darren McGavin
U.S. Border Patrol (Sam Gallu) (1959) starring Richard Webb
Police Station (1959) starring Baynes Barron & Henry Beckaman
Congressional Investigator (1959)  Edwards Stroll & William Masters
The D.A.'s Man (1959)starring John Compton

Bourbon Street Beat (WB)(1959-60)
starring Andrew Duggan, Richard Long, Van Williams

Mr.Lucky (Spartan/Official)(1959-60) John Vivyan, Ross Martin (coming soon)
21 Beacon Street (1959-60) starring Dennis Morgan
This Man Dawson (ZIV)(1959-60) starring Keith Andes
Tightrope! (1959-60) starring Mike Connors
Not For Hire (1959-60) starring Ralph Meeker
The Third Man (BBC/NTA)(1959) starring Michael Rennie
Coronado 9 (Revue)(1959-60) starring Rod Cameron
Markham (Revue)(1959-60) starring Ray Milland
Philip Marlowe (1959-60) starring Philip Carey
Staccato (Revue)(1959-60) starring John Cassavetes
Johnny Midnight (Revue) (1960) starring Edmond O'Brien
Lock Up (ZIV)(1959-61) starring MacDonald Carey
Manhunt (Screen Gems)(1959-61) starring Victor Jory
The Lawless Years (1959-61) starring James Gregory
The Detectives (Four Star)(1959-62) starring Robert Taylor
The Untouchables (Desilu) (1959-63) starring Robert Stack
Brenner (1959; 1964) starring Edward Binns

Hawaiian Eye (WB) (1959-63)
starring Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Connie Stevens
Surfside 6 (WB)(1960-62)
starring Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Diane McBain
The Roaring 20's (WB)(1960-62)
starring Donald May, Rex Reason, Dorothy Provine

Dante (Four Star))(1960-61) starring Howard Duff
Dan Raven (Screen Gems)(1960-61) starring Skip Homeier
Michael Shayne (4 Star)(1960-61) starring Richard Denning
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (ZIV)(1960-61) starring Rick Jason
The Brothers Brannagan (1960-61) starring Steve Dunne & Mark Roberts
Tallahassee 7000 (1960-61) starring Walter Matthau
Hong Kong (TCF)(1960-61) starring Rod Taylor & Lloyd Bochner
Checkmate (Revue)(1960-62)Anthony George,Doug McClure,Sebastian Cabot
The Asphalt Jungle (Summer 1961) starring Jack Warden
Miami Undercover (ZIV)(1961) starring Lee Bowman
The Investigators (MCA Revue/CBS)(fall 1961) starring James Franciscus, James Philbrook
The New Breed (QM/ABC)(1961-62) starring Leslie Nielsen
King of Diamonds ((ZIV-UA)(1961-62) starring Broderick Crawford
Everglades (ZIV-Ivan Tors)(1961-62) starring Ron Hayes
87th Precinct (Revue)(1961-62) starring Robert Lansing & Ron Harper
Shannon (Screen Gems) (1961-62) starring George Nader
Target: The Corruptors (4 Star)(1961-62) starring Stephen McNally
Lawbreaker (U-A) (1963-64) Crime Anthology, host Lee Marvin 

The Fugitive (QM/UA/ABC) (1963-67) starring David Janssen

Burke's Law (1963-65) / Amos Burke, Secret Agent (1965-66) Gene Barry
The Rogues (4 Star/NBC)(1964-65) David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young.
Honey West (4 Star/ABC) (1965-66) starring Anne Francis & John Ericson

The F.B.I. (Quinn Martin/WB/ABC)(1965-74) starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Hawk (Hubbell Robinson/Screen Gems/ABC) (fall 1966) starring Burt Reynolds
T.H.E. Cat (1966-67) starring Robert Loggia
The Felony Squad (1966-69) starring Howard Duff & Dennis Cole
N.Y.P.D. (1967-69) starring Jack Wardern, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse
Dragnet (NBC)(1967-70) starring Jack Webb & Harry Morgan
Ironside
(1967-75) starring Raymond Burr,
Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur

Mannix (1967-75) Mike Connors, Joseph Campanella, Gail Fisher

The Outsider (1968-69) starring Darren McGavin
It Takes A Thief (Universal/ABC)(1968-70) starring Robert Wagner
The Mod Squad (1968-73) starring Tige Andrews
Adam-12 (Jack Webb/NBC)(1968-75) starring Martin Milner, Kent McCord
Hawaii Five-0 (1968-80) starring Jack Lord & James MacArthur
My Friend Tony
(Sheldon Leonard/NBC) (1969) starring James Whitmore

1970's

The Silent Force (Aaron Spelling/ABC) (1970-71) starring Ed Nelson, Lynda Day, Percy Rodriguez
Dan August
(Quinn Martin/ABC) (1970-71) starring Burt Reynolds
The Most Deadly Game
(Aaron Spelling/ABC) (1970-71) starring Ralph Bellamy, Yvette Mimieux, George Maharis
NBC Mystery Movie: McCloud (Univ)(1970-77) Dennis Weaver
NBC Mystery Movie: McMillan & Wife
(Univ)(1971-77)Rock Hudson, Susan St. James

Monty Nash
(Four Star/synd)(fall 1971) starring Harry Guardino
Sarge
(Universal/NBC)(1971-72) starring George Kennedy
Longstreet (1971-72) starring James Franciscus
O'Hara U.S. Treasury (Jack Webb/CBS)(1971-72) starring David Janssen

Cannon (Quinn Martin/CBS)(1971-76) starring William Conrad

Banyon
(QM)(1972-73) starring Robert Forster 
The Rookies
(Spelling-Goldberg/ABC)(1972-76)
The Steets of San Francisco (Quinn Martin/ABC)(1972-77) starring Karl Malden & Michael Douglas
Shaft (MGM/CBS)(1973-74) starring Richard Roundtree 

Griff (Universal/ABC)(1973-74) starring Lorne Greene, Ben Murphy
Chase
(Jack Webb/NBC)(1973-74) starring Mitchell Ryan, Wayne Maunder
Toma
(Roy Huggins/Univ/ABC)(1973-74) starring Tony Musante, Susan Strasberg, Simon Oakland
The Magician (Paramount/NBC)(1973-74) starring Bill Bixby

Barnaby Jones (Quinn Martin/CBS)(1973-80) starring Buddy Ebsen

Kojak (1973-78)(1989-90) starring Telly Savalas
Police Story (1973-80)(1987-88) Police Anthology series
Sierra (Jack Webb/NBC)(1974) starring James G. Richardson, Ernest Thompson
The Manhunter (QM/CBS)(1974-75) starring Ken Howard
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Univ/ABC)(1974-75) starring Darren McGavin
Get Christie Love! (Wolper/Larson/ABC)(1974-75) starring Teresa Graves
Harry O (WB/ABC)(1974-76) starring David Janssen
Police Woman (1974-79) starring Angie Dickinson & Earl Holliman
The Rockford Files (1974-80)(TVMs 1994-99) starring James Garner, Noah Beery
Caribe (QM/ABC) (1975) starring Stacy Keach
S.W.A.T. (Spelling-Goldberg/ABC)(1975-76) starring Steve Forrest, Rod Perry, Robert Urich, Mark Shera
Matt Helm (CPT/ABC) (1975-76) starring Tony Fransciosa
Bronk (
MGM/CBS) (1975-76) starring Jack Palance

Baretta
(1975-78) starring Robert Blake, Tom Ewell
Switch (Glen Larson/Univ/CBS)(1975-78) starring Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert

City of Angels (Universal/NBC)(early 1976) starring Wayne Rogers
Bert D'Angelo
(QM/ABC)(early 1976) starring Paul Sorvino
Jigsaw John (MGM/NBC)(early 1976) starring Jack Warden

Most Wanted (QM)(1976-77) Robert Stack, Shelly Novack, Jo Ann Harris
Serpico (Paramount/NBC)(1976-77) David Birney, Tom Atkins
Delvecchio (Universal/CBS)(1976-77) Judd Hirsch

The Feather and Father Gang
(Columbia/ABC)(1976-77) Stefanie Powers & Harold Gould

Dog and Cat
(Paramount/ABC) (1977) starring Lou Antonio & Kim Basinger
Quincy, M.E. (1976-83) starring Jack Klugman
David Cassidy: Man Undercover
(1978-79) starring David Cassidy
Mrs Columbo / Kate Loves A Mystery (1979) starring Kate Mulgrew
Eischied (1979-80) starring Joe Don Baker
Stone (1979-80) starring Dennis Weaver

1980's
Foul Play
(1981) starring Deborah Raffin & Barry Bostwick
McClain's Law (1981-82) starring James Arness
Shannon (1981-82) starring Kevin Dobson
Cagney and Lacey (1981-88) Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly

T.J. Hooker
(Spelling-Goldberg/ABC/CBS)(1982-86)
starring William Shatner, James Darren, Heather Locklear, Adrain Zmed

Crazy Like A Fox (1984-86) starring Jack Warden & John Rubenstein
Hell Town (1985) starring Robert Blake
The Law and Harry McGraw (CBS)(1987-88) Jerry Orbach, Barbara Babcock
Jake and The Fatman (1987-92) starring William Conrad & Joe Penny
In The Heat Of The Night (1988-95) starring Carroll O'Connor

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